Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Who
was considered by some people to be “the most important rock band of the
1960s”? A. | Searchers | C. | Rolling
Stones | B. | Beatles | D. | Ramones | | | | |
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In
1977 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs introduced A. | the Atari video game system. | C. | the Apple II computer. | B. | the first IBM
home computer. | D. | a telephone
answering system. | | | | |
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President Nixon believed that the Great Society programs A. | had failed to
significantly decrease poverty. | B. | had created many new jobs. | C. | should be
brought back. | D. | had contributed to a decrease in the number of welfare
recipients. | | |
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When
Chief Justice Earl Warren retired in 1969, who did President Nixon appoint to head the Supreme
Court? A. | Lewis
Powell | C. | William
Rehnquist | B. | Harry Blackmun | D. | Warren Burger | | | | |
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The
combination of rising unemployment and inflation is called A. | inflatuation. | C. | stagflation. | B. | stagnation. | D. | stagnant economic syndrome. | | | | |
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In
August 1971 President Nixon tried to curb inflation by A. | imposing a
temporary freeze on wages, prices, and rents. | B. | reducing the
number of federal employees. | C. | reducing the interest rate. | D. | increasing the
money supply. | | |
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A
major cause of inflation and consumer worry in the 1970s was the surging cost of A. | manufactured
goods. | C. | oil. | B. | agricultural products. | D. | housing. | | | | |
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While
on his visit to China, President Nixon promised to withdraw all U.S. troops from A. | Taiwan. | C. | Japan. | B. | Manchuria. | D. | South Vietnam. | | | | |
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Salvadore Allende was the president of A. | Egypt. | C. | Lebanon. | B. | Chile. | D. | Israel. | | | | |
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Which
two nations invaded Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973? A. | Egypt and Syria | C. | Syria and Jordan | B. | Lebanon and
Jordan | D. | Lebanon and
Egypt | | | | |
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Richard Nixon shifted much of the authority of the cabinet to A. | Charles Colson
and Spiro Agnew. | C. | the Supreme
Court. | B. | the CIA and the FBI. | D. | his personal White House staff. | | | | |
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Who
did Deep Throat inform about White House improprieties? A. | Carl Bernstein
and Bob Woodward | C. | Archibald Cox
and Sam Ervin | B. | John Dean and John McCord | D. | Daniel Ellsberg and Howard Baker | | | | |
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The
ex-CIA agent who had taken part in the Watergate break-in was A. | Elliot
Richardson. | C. | Nelson
Rockefeller. | B. | James McCord. | D. | Dee Knight. | | | | |
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Who
was the White House attorney who admitted to the Senate committee that President Nixon had been
directly involved in the cover-up of Watergate? A. | Robert Bork | C. | John Dean | B. | Sam
Ervin | D. | H.R.
Haldeman | | | | |
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Why
did Vice President Agnew resign in the midst of Watergate? A. | He resigned for
health reasons. | B. | He resigned as a result of charges for income-tax
evasion. | C. | He resigned so that he could represent President Nixon during
his legal battles over Watergate. | D. | He feared that he would be implicated in the Watergate
break-in. | | |
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What
reason did President Nixon give for refusing to turn over tapes related to
Watergate? A. | He said
releasing them would endanger national security. | B. | He said the
tapes no longer existed. | C. | He said releasing them would implicate some of his
associates. | D. | He said there never were any tapes. | | |
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During a speech to Congress, President Ford wore a WIN button. What did it
mean? A. | Whisk Indecency
Now | C. | Whittle
Impropriety Now | B. | Whip Inflation Now | D. | Why Impugn Nixon? | | | | |
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How
did President Ford react when Cambodian Communists seized a U.S. cargo ship in 1975? A. | He launched a
military action to free the vessel and its crew. | B. | He called the
Cambodian leader and demanded the crew’s release. | C. | He sent in a
team of diplomats to negotiate their release. | D. | He bombed major
cities in Cambodia. | | |
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In
1975 a civil war broke out in the African nation of A. | Ethiopia. | C. | Angola. | B. | Libya. | D. | Namibia. | | | | |
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Which
of these presidents was not very well known outside of the South? A. | Jimmy
Carter | C. | Gerald
Ford | B. | Richard
Nixon | D. | Ronald
Reagan | | | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
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Much
of President Nixon’s support came from the ____________________, the middle-class voters who had
become weary of the social upheaval of the 1960s.
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22.
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President Nixon planned to replace the welfare system with the
____________________.
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23.
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President Nixon’s ____________________ was a plan to draw southern white voters
away from the Democratic Party.
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24.
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Tricia Nixon named the family dog ____________________.
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25.
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The
Arab oil embargo and price hike triggered a(n) ____________________ during the winter of
1973–74.
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26.
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The
___________________________________ paid the men who broke into the offices of the Democratic
National Committee.
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27.
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The
task of firing Archibald Cox and a series of other events including resignations became known as the
_________________________.
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28.
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Democrat____________________, the first African American woman elected to the Texas
state senate, went on to become a member of Congress.
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29.
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On
August 9, 1974, Vice President ____________________ was sworn in as the 38th president of the United
States.
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30.
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In
May 1975 Cambodian Communists seized the ____________________, an unarmed U.S. cargo
ship.
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31.
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A
nuclear reactor failed at the ____________________ power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.
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32.
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After
a long and bitter battle, the Senate narrowly ratified the____________________ in 1978.
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33.
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President Carter’s ambassador to the United Nations, ____________________, was a
critic of white imperialism in Africa.
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34.
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Soviet troops invaded ____________________ in December 1979.
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35.
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The
Middle East peace agreement signed in 1978 became known as the ____________________.
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36.
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During the 1970s most immigrants to the United States came from Latin America and
____________________.
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37.
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The
_________________________ of 1974 encouraged public schools to provide instruction to students in
their primary languages while they learned English.
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38.
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Journalist Tom Wolfe characterized the 1970s as the
____________________.
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39.
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The
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a teacher of a technique called _________________________.
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40.
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____________________ directed Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and a host
of other popular movies.
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